Sunday, March 8, 2009

Temple of Ramses III (Ramesses III) near Luxor



The hieroglyphs show piles of severed hands (top) and toungues (bottom) of the defeated Libyans at the Temple of Ramses III near Luxor. The temple dates to the12th century BC. I wouldn't want to be a prisoner of war in this era! Brutal.

2 comments:

Jeff said...

Now we know who Dick Cheney was in a previous life.

HagenInDenHaag said...

Awesome.